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# Simple Economic System

#### by Dion Scher

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The following system is used to simulate a basic economy for the Covenant. It is loosely (very loosely) based on the Pendragon Economic System. It breaks the economy into two sections: Food and Money.

Food

is the amount of units of food the Covenant can produce/support. A single Grog will consume 1 food unit per annum. Depending on the source of the food, a Covenant may be able to build up food stocks from annual surpluses. At inception, the Covenant produces enough food, but no surplus.

Money

is the amount of money units the Covenant earns per annum. At inception, the Covenant has a surplus income of 1 Money unit per standard Grog. The annual wage of a standard Grog is also 1 Money unit. For purposes of savings due to surplus (or having fewer/cheaper grogs) the conversion rate is 1 Money Unit = 12 Pennies.

Below is a table showing the unit costs of the various Covenant resources:

Type | Food | Money | Comment
Magus | 5 | 0 |
Companion | 5 | 0 | In our game the player has chosen a Companion as his primary character. In this case the Companion is actually a "hero" as he is paid and is thus treated as such.
Hero | 5 | 5 | These types of characters are usually Companions who have no personal commitment to the Covenant, i.e. are hired.
Specialist | 3 | 3 | This includes Carpenters, Blacksmiths, Tanners, Turb Sergeants, etc . . .
Grog | 1 | 1 |
Covenfolk | 1 | 0 |

Example:

A Covenant has 25 Grogs, 5 Magi, a Turb Sergeant and 5 Companions.

Thus, the Covenant has a food and money unit usage of:

| Food | Money
5 Magi | 25 | 0
25 Grogs | 25 | 25
1 Turb Sergeant | 3 | 3
5 Companions | 25 | 0
TOTAL | 78 | 28

Therefore the Covenant (at inception) can support 78 food units. Should 5 Grogs die, the Covenant will then be capable of generating 5 surplus units of food per annum. On the other hand, should they hire 5 Grogs, they will need to find a way of increasing their annual food units to cater for the extra mouths to feed.

As far as money goes, the covenant generates 28 money units per annum. This equates to 336 Pennies per annum income. If using 3rd Ed rules, a starting Covenant has a disposable income of 20 Pennies per annum. Therefore we can say the total income of the Covenant is 356 Pennies per annum. Otherwise this money can either be in addition to or in place of any income as given by the 4th Ed Covenant generation rules.

Should a grog die, there are now 12 Pennies additional funds per annum with which to hire a replacement.